Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki

We all have those days when you’ve got plans from sun-up to sun-down and you need an easy dinner meal that you can prep before you leave the house in the morning. Well, this is a most delicious one! A lot of foreign recipes I try haven’t tasted as authentic (and EASY) as this one! It’s a great excuse to have Japanese at home, and this way, it’s not fried in batter, so it’s healthier too!

The sauce on this chicken…it’s sweet and sour and full of flavor! And there’s plenty of it to soak your shredded chicken in! Put that saucy chicken on some brown rice, top it with green onions and sesame seeds, and voila! Japanese at home!

The only thing I was missing was some chopsticks! That’s okay though, I work a fork much easier than I do chopsticks. Enjoy my friends!

Cornstarch Slurry:

2Tbspcornstarch

2TbspCOLD water

Instructions

Place chicken in the bottom of a slow cooker. Pour the teriyaki ingredients over the top of the chicken. Cook on low for 4-6 hours.

Remove chicken and shred with a fork. Pour teriyaki sauce into a saucepan and heat on the stovetop until boiling. Whisk the cornstarch and COLD water in a bowl. Slowly pour the cornstarch slurry into the boiling teriyaki sauce, whisking constantly, until thickened. You may not need all of the slurry, or you may need more depending on how much liquid the chicken released into the sauce.

I love recipes where I can let the slow cooker do all of the work! This looks so delicious, Amber! I spent a few weeks in China studying abroad and I still can’t eat with chopsticks haha, so forks are much easier for me too 🙂 Pinned!

Love quick and easy meals that you can toss into the slow cooker! This looks super delicious and flavorful and that sauce is perfect! 🙂 Haha I am still no good with chopsticks either – drives my mom bonkers!

When you say take the chicken out of the crock pot and shred it with a fork and then pour teriyaki sauce into a sauce pan this is the same teriyaki sauce (ingredients) that was put in the slow cooker…correct?!

Hi Amber! I made this recipe today and it delicious. The only thing I didn’t have was the chopped green onions but it was still perfect I’ve already forwarded to all my friends. I would love to send you a photo of the finish product 🙂

I liked this, I didn’t LOVE it, it tasted a bit like an Asian frozen dinner you’d get from Trader Joe’s that you toss in the microwave. I had higher expectations given that it was described as tasting “authentic”.